The Coffee House

[VidThreeNorth]

I thought that I would make a short video about my breakfast, which is a fairly uninspiring bowl of cereal. It is actually a nice breakfast. I mix cereals and add nuts and dried berries (usually currents and raisins) and use drinkable yogurt instead of milk. The video turned out ok -- not magical. But it was interesting finding out the ins-and-outs of this topic. I have a slow motion capable camera, but I didn't bother using it this time. I just wanted to see what problems I found, and yes, I found a few. But it was fun. . . :

"250531 Breakfast"

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[smoke665]

Beautiful day today, high was 79, clear skies and warm sun. I've been selling a few extra things from my shop recently, finally got enough to buy a pressure washer I've been wanting. Today I got to try it out, cleaned the driveway and a 60 ft long block retaining wall. What a difference it made. Doing the decks next

 

[nerwin]

Beautiful day today, high was 79, clear skies and warm sun. I've been selling a few extra things from my shop recently, finally got enough to buy a pressure washer I've been wanting. Today I got to try it out, cleaned the driveway and a 60 ft long block retaining wall. What a difference it made. Doing the decks next

Pressure washers are fun, you just get dirty haha but honestly on a hot day I don't mind it! It's so satisfying to see the grime wash away. It's amazing how new you can make your deck look. I'd love a heated pressure washer but boy those are expensive!

 

[nerwin]

So we bought a new washer and it took 8 hours to install it. Something so simple turned in an all day project. The discharge hose outlet was on the opposite side! Whirlpool sells an extended hose but it was 2 weeks out. Went to several hardware stores around me nobody had the odd size of hose to extend it. Found one that was close so I put that together and it leaked. Back to square one. I ended up cutting part of the old hose from the old washer and rigging it up on the new one and that worked! No l leak so far but I don't like how it is but it seems to be working just fine.

I have to say the hardest part was getting the pedestal attached properly. Manuals are so vague, who writes them? AI? Geez.

But it was a good day to do it since it literally rained all day.

This is the first time I see a washing machine downloading a software update

 

[smoke665]

I'd love a heated pressure washer but boy those are expensive!

I had one for many years, it had a kerosene fired boiler, produced wet steam at the tip, great for cleaning grease off equipment. Also had a downstream sand injector that would strip paint fast. The only problem was it was really heavy, close to 500 lbs. Last fall I didn't blow out all the water, the boiler pipes had accumulated rust/gunk in them. Didn't feel like messing with it, plus I needed something lighter. Sold it to a man who wanted it more than me for enough to get the cold water washer.

 

[snowbear]

A pressure washer is the next big thing I want.

MLW if finally retired. The only thing she hs to do is turn in equipment. She changed the appointment for that from Friday to tomorrow.

We will head back north on Thursday or Friday, and MLSIL is coming with us. She and I will head back down to MD on Amtrak in a couple weeks, after son #1 and his better half go back to Tulsa. MLSIL will be getting her meds delivered then (she has to sign for one of them) so we'll go back up in the Honda.

 

[smoke665]

@snowbear it's been years since I've been on a train. I'd love to go again, but all enclosed mass transit is off limit for DW due to the comprised immune system.

 

[snowbear]

We are not flying for a while. MLSIL got stuck at Newark a while back.

MLW and I took the train to, and back from NYC a couple years ago to see The Lion King, and I've used the train a few times, on both coasts, over the passed few years. It isn't a fast ride, but certainly more relaxing than driving. Boarding is not as stressful as air travel. MLW mentioned, rather than driving us to the Brunswick, ME station and us having to self-transfer in Boston (north and south terminals that are not connected) she could just drive us to Boston South. I'll have to look at schedules and driving distance, but it should be about three hours.

 

[smoke665]

For amost 9 years I pretty much lived on a plane criss crossing the country. Nothing worse than being stuck in a airport on a Friday night, waiting to get home. I remember EWR and LGA well. Back then you pretty much had to go through Atlanta to get any decent connections, which was another PITA.

 

[CherylL]

A pressure washer is the next big thing I want.

MLW if finally retired. The only thing she hs to do is turn in equipment. She changed the appointment for that from Friday to tomorrow.

We will head back north on Thursday or Friday, and MLSIL is coming with us. She and I will head back down to MD on Amtrak in a couple weeks, after son #1 and his better half go back to Tulsa. MLSIL will be getting her meds delivered then (she has to sign for one of them) so we'll go back up in the Honda.

Congrats on your wife's retirement!

 

[snowbear]

@CherylL: She says "Thanks. "

The train tickets purchased. MLW is going to drive us to Boston so we don't need to start as early and worry about the self-transfer between stations; the train doesn't go through Boston but connects from ME to the north station, and from the south to the Back Bay station - about 20 minutes apart. It's about a 7-1/2 hour ride and the price was under $85 each.

The "throw-away" stuff from the main floor of the house is in the dumpster. a few things left to place in bins and transport to temporary storage until the next trailer trip up.